Sentence examples for peacekeeping confirmed from inspiring English sources

Alain Le Roy, United Nations under secretary general for peacekeeping, confirmed that there had been exchanges of heavy fire across the Rwanda-Congo border, but who started the firing was unclear.

A spokesman for the Kosovo peacekeeping force confirmed they had seen some small-arms and mortar fire on the Serbian side of the boundary Tuesday.

A statement from the UN peacekeeping mission confirmed: "The explosion caused the death of two Senegalese blue helmets and also caused a number of serious injuries among the ranks of the Malian national guard and MINUSMA".

Officials from the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force confirmed the bombing on Tuesday and said they also had evidence that two people were wounded in bombing elsewhere in south Sudan on Saturday.

A spokesperson for the United Nations peacekeeping mission has confirmed that two UN peacekeepers have been killed in the blast.

MINUSMA, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, confirmed that five of its contractors were killed in the standoff, including a Nepalese, a South African, two Ukrainians, and a Malian driver.

The bilateral anti-terror support went in parallel with a decrease in UN peacekeeping support activities.

In February the European Union confirmed a reduction in peacekeeping troops from 7,000 to 2,500.

Hervé Ladsous, the under secretary general for peacekeeping, said the United Nations mission in South Sudan had confirmed that Sudan dropped at least two bombs near the camp.

By the end of the day, the United Nations confirmed that 16 of the 9,000 peacekeeping troops and police officers in the country had died in the earthquake: 11 Brazilians, 3 Jordanians, 1 Argentine and 1 Chadian.

In other developments: Nigeria's military has now confirmed that more than 1,300 Nigerian peacekeeping troops have been quarantined in Liberia after coming into contact with a Sudanese man who later died of the disease.